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Seventeen caller governmental parties person applied for registration astatine the Election Commission (EC) to contention Nepal's March 5 wide elections, according to an official.
Of these, 7 parties applied to the Election Commission aft the predetermination day was announced connected September 12, whereas 10 parties applied earlier the announcement, EC spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said.
Two of the caller parties person claimed that they correspond the Gen-Z protesters who toppled the K.P. Sharma Oli-led authorities past month.
President Ramchandra Paudel past period appointed erstwhile main justness Sushila Karki arsenic the caretaker Prime Minister aft Oli of CPN-UML was forced to resign.
Mr. Paudel dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) astatine the proposal of PM Karki and announced that the caller elections would beryllium held connected March 5, 2026.
With the caller applications, the fig of parties registered with the EC has reached 124.
The EC spokesperson said the electoral assemblage is presently reviewing documents submitted by the recently registered parties for ceremonial approval. The deadline for applying to registry a caller governmental enactment is November 16.
With the predetermination day approaching, elector registration has besides surged, with much than 85,000 caller voters registered arsenic of Friday (October 31, 2025).
The EC said that an mean of 5,000 to 6,000 caller voters are registering each day. Voter registration volition proceed until November 16.
Meanwhile, the EC has called for applications from nationalist and planetary organisations funny successful observing the wide election. Interested organisations indispensable taxable their exertion and required documents to the Election Commission earlier November 12.
